It’s easy to forget that place names are all just words at the end of the day, and so—just like words in a dictionary—they all have histories, etymologies, and origin stories of their own. The history ...

Henry McMaster selected a familiar face to become the first-ever director of the state’s newly-formed Department of ... Simmer served on active duty in the United States Navy for over 30 years, during ...

The results reveal interesting patterns for the names that have grown in popularity over time. Drawing on this data, the map below ... in two states: New York and Texas. Hawaii, again, was unique in ...

Building in flood prone areas in Waynesville could become even more rigorous under a proposal to impose more stringent elevation guidelines. The new rules are aimed at improving resiliency against ...

Crow Creek Sioux Tribe members are working to identify who rests in an unmarked gravesite on the former grounds of the ...

While the boundaries between lakes, ponds and other water bodies often blur, lakes remain a cornerstone of ecological systems and recreational life across the United States. Among the most famous ...

Started in 1946 to combat the spread of malaria in the United States, the CDC is now charged ... Roughly two thirds of its budget funds state and local health agencies’ public health and ...

Indiana's election data suggests a shift in voting patterns, with Democrats making gains in traditionally Republican counties ...

Rival alliances Mahayuti (BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP) and Maha Vikas Aghadi (NCP(SP)-Shiv Sena(UBT)-Congress) are hopeful for ...

In the northeastern state of ... Data from the 19 states was aggregated and adjusted based on population to ensure fair comparisons. Results were cross-referenced with the United Nations' list ...

“I am proud to announce former Attorney General of the Great State of Florida, Pam Bondi, as our next Attorney General of the United States. Pam was a prosecutor ... thus I’ll be withdrawing my name ...

A compact C finite state machine (FSM) implementation that's easy to use on embedded and PC-based systems. In 2000, I wrote an article entitled "State Machine Design in C++" for C/C++ Users Journal (R ...